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Printing And Graphic Design- Where Did It All Start.
Graphic design and printing has over the years established a solid place in the community especially as far as marketing and communication are concerned. This we all know. What we don't is how the two come into existence. Let's find out shall we?
Evolution of printing: The whole idea of printing can be traced back to over a millennium ago in Asia to be precise. What was famous back then was woodblock printing which was used to replicate images and patterns. Egypt also practiced this form of printing, but over the years the practice did not grow so much. That was until the 15th century when block-books came into existence.
However, history tells of an ancient practice of art in the Mesopotamian ages of 3000BC. So from this one can conclude that printing has been around for thousands of years. Of course it is not as advanced as it is today but it was pointing in our direction. Printing of mobile objects was done in the 1450's since before then only stationary stuff was being printed on.
Evolution of graphic design: Graphic design is an advanced form of printing that is more eye catching and more hard to create than printing. In the ages of today, it is done on virtually everything but the best known is in computer screens and in pottery.
Graphic design has an inevitable place in the advertisement, website and publication sector. It is estimated that the evolution of graphic designs took place in the southern France. Here, one can easily witness the graphic designs of animals in the Chauvet Cave. They are believed to be created by the primitive people over 30,000 B.C. and similar forms of designs can be observed in Lascaux Cave of France also. They were estimated to be drawn over 14,000 B.C., further one can easily observe the designs of primitive hunters at a place called Bhimbetka rock shelters in India and to one's surprise they are over 7,000 B.C. old.
History reveals that the evolutions of writing and graphic art took place together. It is estimated that the evolution of both took place in between 3000-4000 B.C. Besides writing, the graphic art was used to create various kinds of books also. Few of the unique books include Lindisfarne Gospels (c. 710), Ada Gospels (in group of manuscripts- late 8th century), Book of Kells (c. 800), and Book of Durrow (7th century).
Graphic art can be traced in manuscripts and other books of old. Fast forward to the 21st century and graphic designs are used commonly like with the Olympics and in trademarks like Google.
About the Author Katt DelaCruz is a contributing writer and intern at [MN]interactive.com. [MN]interactive.com is a web design and creative design studio based out of Miami, Florida USA. If you need print graphic design or unique graphic design [MN]interactive.com will exceed your expectations an assure you results.
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